Gayton McKenzie, minister of sport, arts and culture, has approved 12 new geographic names for registration in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. The names were published in the Government Gazette no. 55 599 on 19 October 2026. Two of the approved names are for new residential areas in the City of Tshwane, while the other ten relate to geographic features in the Ray Nkonyeni local municipality in KwaZulu-Natal's Ugu district municipality.
According to the published notice, the two names in Gauteng are Dinokeng View and Menoatlou, both for residential areas in Tshwane. The ten names in KwaZulu-Natal are uLonjane, iKhangeza, uGodlogodlo, uButhongo, uBenyu, uSihlambo and eMaxhantini for rivers, uSihlambweni for a mountain and KwaShobashobane and uDlovunga for towns. The approvals were made in terms of section 10(2) of the South African Geographical Names Council Act of 1998. The process is aimed at officially standardising and registering geographic names.
The notice provides that any person or organisation who objects to an approved name may lodge a written objection within one month after publication of the notice in the Government Gazette . Objections may be sent to the department of sport, arts and culture at [email protected].
Source: BusinessTech, Government Gazette
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
